Leray Surname
Approximately 12,706 people bear this surname
Leray Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 11,538 | 1:5,757 | 477 |
| United States | 432 | 1:839,025 | 64,101 |
| Philippines | 260 | 1:389,378 | 50,424 |
| Canada | 94 | 1:391,974 | 34,739 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Switzerland | 38 | 1:216,129 | 18,575 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Jamaica | 9 | 1:318,883 | 8,136 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42 | 1:1,195,683 | 67,545 |
Leray (317) may also be a first name.
Leray Demographics
Average Leray Salary in
United States
$46,179 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leray Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leray Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leray (Hindi: लेरया, Russian: Лерай) is found most in France. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Leray click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leray? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 41,165th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 573,552 people. The last name Leray occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Leray reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 493,198th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 317 people.
This surname is most common in France, where it is borne by 11,538 people, or 1 in 5,757. In France Leray is most numerous in: Pays de la Loire, where 39 percent reside, Brittany, where 21 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 15 percent reside. Other than France this surname occurs in 51 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and The Philippines, where 2 percent reside.
Leray Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leray has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,029 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Leray Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Leray last name are 7.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.4% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Leray earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 17.73% more than the national average, earning R 279,780 per year; in United States they earn 7.02% more than the national average, earning $46,179 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.03% less than the national average, earning $49,172 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leray Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leray in the Hindi language | ||
| लेरया | leraya | 50 |
| लेराय | leraya | 50 |
| Leray in the Russian language | ||
| Лерай | leraj | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Leray
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